Even after the end of the delivery problems in the case of engines, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has to contend with delays in delivery. The customers are not amused.
The aircraft manufacturer Airbus has circles according to information from the industry in his Hamburg factory (the article’s picture) with delays in production of its best seller A321 to fight. The previous bottleneck in the delivery of engines had now been overcome. But now the Hamburger to forgo the construction of the Jets.
“Too late, all of them are mad at you,” said a senior Airbus customer. Other insiders said that reason is the introduction of a new Version of the A321neo ACF, during the under high-pressure operation. There were problems with the wiring of the Jets, it said. Airbus did not want to take immediately position.
The French-German company admitted on Tuesday only to have the Transfer of some of the machines to customers postponed. One reason is the extensive adaptation of the cabins in the best seller, the A321neo. The after-effects of the engine were problems which were waiting for some A320 aircraft still on your delivery. The affected customers were informed.
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However, the bottleneck in the aircraft engines had now been overcome. The manufacturer – Pratt & Whitney and the French-American CFM – delivered quickly. Problems with innovative, economical engines, had put the production of the A320 and A321neo at the beginning of the year, months and months of lame.
In may, the A321 deliveries had attracted, according to Airbus data, in September it went back to sluggish. An Insider said, Hamburg-Finkenwerder (article image) is the cause of the delays, there are but the most noticeable. With the wiring in the cabins of the Airbus had to fight already with the introduction of widebody aircraft, the A380 a decade ago.
The pressure is also made in-house
Airbus has set itself under pressure. The goal this year is 800 transport machinery to deliver, means that in the fourth quarter of each month, 76 of the machine must be handed over to the respective customers. The would be managed ten per cent more than Airbus ever. Production chief Guillaume Faury, is to take over in April, the office of the CEO, Tom Enders, has said deliveries in the current quarter, the “first priority”.
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